intercostal muscle in a sentence

Examples

1. The perforating branches of the internal thoracic artery pierce through the internal intercostal muscles of the superior six intercostal spaces.
2. A smaller proportion of people experience " respiratory-onset " ALS, where the intercostal muscles that support breathing are affected first.
3. Other air sacs are located between the sternum and the pectoral muscles and between the ribs and the intercostal muscles.
4. Deep to these muscles are the osseous portions of the 6th and 7th ribs and the internal and external intercostal muscles.
5. As a result, TTX causes loss of sensation, and paralysis of voluntary muscles including the diaphragm and intercostal muscles, stopping breathing.
6. A high cervical injury also knocks out the nerves that control the intercostal muscles between the ribs, which also aid in breathing.
7. He had competed for Valencia but failed to finish his opening round heat of the 1500 metres, due to pulled intercostal muscles.
8. Turtles also lack intercostal muscles and instead have muscles that connect to the undersides of the ribs for the purpose of locomotion.
9. A wonderful occasion quickly soured as Lidge exited in the fourth inning with a strained intercostal muscle near his left rib cage.
10. Paralysis of the muscles of respiration the diaphragm and intercostal muscles of the chest requires that some form of artificial respiration be implemented.